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Janice Johnston, a retired obstetrician, speaks to the Fulton County Elections Board on Aug. 12. The Georgia Republican Party nominated Johnston to the State Election Board on Monday.

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Morehouse College dignitaries and professors line the stage of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel during the graduation ceremony on campus in 2017. The historically Black college for men in Atlanta is launching an institute for Black male research. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse College creates institute for Black male research

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Georgia fiscal economist Jeffrey Dorfman told state budget writers Tuesday that he expects the state's revenue growth to slow down in the coming years. But, he added that “the odds of a recession in 2022 are very low.”

State economist expects Georgia’s explosive revenue growth to slow

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04/01/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Religious leaders hold bottles of water with labels that read “Voter Suppression” following a press conference outside of the World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Bishop Reginald T. Jackson has called on people to boycott Coca-Cola, Home Depot and Delta Air Lines because he feels they have not taken a strong stance on SB 202. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Dent 'Wildman' Myers, owner of a civil war surplus/antique shop, died this weekend. (KATIE KING/Staff)

Kennesaw Confederate souvenir shop owner Dent Myers dies

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UPDATE: Man fired at officers during 17-hour standoff at Gwinnett apartments, cops say

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Gwinnett school district map with few changes garners support

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The Transportation Security Administration caught a record number of guns carried by passengers in the U.S. in 2021, and officers at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport caught more than those at any other U.S. airport.

Hartsfield-Jackson No. 1 for guns caught at TSA checkpoints

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WATCH: Surveillance video shows man shoot into Marietta home in broad daylight

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New Ga. 316 interchange to debut tonight in Gwinnett

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FILE - Respiratory therapist Frans Oudenaar, left, and registered nurse Bryan Hofilena cover a body of a COVID-19 patient with a sheet at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 14, 2021. The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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FILE - A passenger walks past a Southwest Airlines plane at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, March 26, 2021. AT&T and Verizon have agreed to delay the launch of a new slice of 5G service by two weeks after airlines and the nation's aviation regulator complained about potential interference with systems on board planes. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

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Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga. left, accompanied by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speak to the media after Senate Democrats met privately with President Joe Biden, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, who is the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, speaks at the Martin Luther King Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service at the church on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The event was invitation-only and virtual amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo: King Center livestream)

Voting rights take center stage at annual MLK memorial service

Former Senator David Perdue (R-GA) speaks at the Georgia GOP State Convention in Jekyll Island, Georgia on June 5th, 2021. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution

The Jolt: Why David Perdue is violating the GOP’s ‘11th Commandment’

Bernice King and Martin Luther King III reflect on their mother Coretta Scott King. (Left: Courtesy of the King Center; Right: Alyssa Pointer / AJC file photo)

King family urges holiday celebrants to act on voting laws

Democrat Miller drops out of LG race after rival joins contest

Country music star Jason Aldean will be performing at a fundraising event Feb. 19 in Athens for state Sen. Burt Jones's campaign for lieutenant governor.

LG candidate’s session fundraiser won’t violate law, ethics officials say

Bill Pryor, chief judge of the federal appeals court in Atlanta, has been cleared of allegations of wrongdoing in that he hired a law clerk accused of sending racist and xenophobic texts. (Cliff Owen / AP file)

Judge Pryor cleared of allegations involving hiring of controversial clerk

Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston, right, welcome Gov. Brian Kemp for his annual State of the State address to the Georgia Assembly on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. During his speech, Kemp said he would work with lawmakers this year to keep "divisive ideologies like critical race theory" out of schools. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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